A Review Study on Alternate Low Cost Construction Materials & Techniques for Building Design

Page 1

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

e-ISSN: 2395 -0056

Volume: 04 Issue: 04 | Apr -2017

p-ISSN: 2395-0072

www.irjet.net

A Review Study on Alternate Low Cost Construction Materials & Techniques for Building Design Vivek Kumar1, Vidit Gupta2, Shivam Sagar3, Sushant Singh4, Mohd. Haroon5 1234UG

Student, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

5Asst. Professor, Department

of Civil Engineering, MIT Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

---------------------------------------------------------------------***---------------------------------------------------------------------

Abstract – this paper reviews the Alternate construction

construction activities, shortage of conventional building

materials and techniques for building design in the field of civil

materials and abundantly available industrial wastes have

engineering. It comprises the important analysis and results

promoted the development of new building materials.

from the experimental and literature of many authors.

The rapid increase in the capacity of thermal power

Housing is a great problem in today’s world. The most basic

generation in India has resulted in the production of a huge

building material for construction of houses is the

quantity of fly ash, which is approximately 50 million tons

conventional burnt clay brick. A significant quantity of fuel is

per year. The prevailing disposal methods are not free from

utilized in making these bricks. Also, continuous removal of

environmental pollution and ecological imbalance. Large

upper surface of soil mass, in producing conventional bricks,

stretches of scarce land, which can be used for shelter,

creates environmental problems. A feasibility study has been

agriculture or some other productive purposes, are being

done on the comparison of fly ash brick and conventional clay

wasted for disposal of fly ash.

brick. Fly ash is an industrial waste which is just a burden for the industry we can take it free of cost from the industries and

Fly ash, lime and gypsum are available in mutual proximity

can utilize it for the manufacturing of fly ash brick. Fly ash

in many regions. An economical alternative to conventional

brick have sufficient strength and comparatively low cost than

burnt clay bricks will be available, if these materials can be

conventional clay bricks. Conventional clay bricks can be

used to make bricks and hollow blocks of adequate strength.

replaced with fly ash bricks, which can reduce the overall cost

Lime and gypsum are usually available either from mineral

of a house.

sources or may be procured from industrial wastes. Materials used for the manufacturing of fly ash bricks and

Key Words:

their constitution, is as shown in table 1:

Housing, Industrial waste, Fly ash brick,

Conventional clay brick, Strength, Overall cost. Material

Percentage %

Fly ash

60

Sand/stone dust

30

O.P.C (Lime+Gypsum)

10

1. INTRODUCTION There is a general exodus of rural population to the cities with the rapid industrialization in developing countries. The infrastructure to support these cities, such as buildings for housing and industry, mass transit for moving people and goods, and facilities for handling water and sewage will require large amounts of construction materials. Enhanced

© 2017, IRJET

|

Impact Factor value: 5.181

Table (1)

|

ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal

|

Page 1575


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.